‘Ozark’s Laura Linney Makes Directorial Debut On Episode Late In Final Season

An interesting situation. Ellen Pompeo and Debbie Allen, Grey’s Anatomy mainstays, were eager to support former costar Jesse Williams’ Broadway debut — except they had one concern.

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Pamela Anderson was shown support by her two sons as she made her debut on Broadway in New York City on Tuesday night.The Baywatch star was pictured with her boys Brandon, 25, and Dylan Lee, 24 — whom she shares with ex husband Tommy Lee — backstage after completing opening night playing Roxie Hart in the iconic musical Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre. Pamela was seen holding onto a large bouquet of red roses as she stood in between her sons dressed in her stage outfit which consisted of a black short-hemmed playsuit with sheer panelling along the sleeves and chest and black tights.

“Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul” fans alike have been pondering if we’d ever see Bryan Cranston’s Walter White and Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman make an appearance on the prequel/spinoff series. Well, the creative team and network have finally given a concrete answer to that question.

Ozark showrunner Chris Mundy and star Laura Linney were joined by Jason Bateman, via Zoom, to discuss the Netflix series at Deadline’s Contenders TV.

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the season finale of Apple TV+’s Severance.

Paramount is still trying to figure out how to tackle the film side of the “Star Trek” franchise. A fourth installment has “WandaVision” director Matt Shakman attached at the helm, but the studio jumped the gun about having cast members Chris Pine, Zoe Salanda, Zachary Quinto, and others returning for a shoot later this year as they haven’t signed on.

EXCLUSIVE: Hill Harper and J. Alphonse Nicholson have signed to star in Shadowbox, a new film marking the directorial debut of Joslyn Rose Lyons.

HARDCOVER FICTION1. “Run, Rose, Run” by Parton/Patterson (Little, Brown)2. “The Recovery Agent” by Janet Evanovich (Atria)3.

Manori Ravindran International EditorThe British remake of “Call My Agent!” is finally heading to Amazon’s Prime Video next month.Titled “Ten Percent,” the show hails from BAFTA-winning “W1A” and “Twenty Twelve” writer John Morton and, much like its French counterpart, follows a ragtag group of talent agents at a fictional British agency. And as evidenced in a new trailer for the show (watch below), creators have made good on early promises to depict the U.K.

Everything is coming to a head.

Ethan Shanfeld The Byrde family makes one last effort to escape their criminal empire in the Season 4 Part 2 trailer of “Ozark.” The series will come to an explosive finish on April 29 when the final seven episodes debut on Netflix.According to the official logline: “Marty and Wendy are rid of Helen and climb to the top of Navarro’s empire. They find another opportunity to get out of the Ozarks but some past sins won’t stay buried and the most dangerous threats come from blood.”In the trailer, Marty (Jason Bateman) fears for the survival of his family as Ruth (Julia Garner) seeks revenge.

Hey, you can say it. Netflix’s “Ozark” seemed pretty familiar at first, a “Breaking Bad” style thriller mixing family and crime, and a regular guy turned crime kingpin who seemed to be able to wriggle out of any situation.

Madonna’s daughter, but Lourdes Leon is a star in her own right.The model was one of the celebs in attendance at the high-profile Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday, March 27, proving she knows how to steal the show just like her mom. The 25-year-old wore a stunning strapless, silver gown with a plunging neckline, also sporting a sultry thigh-high slit to the star-studded event.

Wilson Chapman editorThe final episodes of “Grace and Frankie” will premiere April 29, Netflix announced Tuesday.Created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris, “Grace and Frankie” stars Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin as the title characters, two very different women who have disliked each other for years, even though their husbands Robert (Martin Sheen) and Sol (Sam Waterston) are law partners. When their husbands announce they’re in love and plan to divorce them to be together, Grace and Frankie find themselves roommates, and overcome their mutual animosity to become best friends navigating romances, business ventures and family drama together.The longest running show on Netflix, “Grace and Frankie” originally premiered in 2015 and has since run for seven seasons.

Wilson Chapman editor“My Brilliant Friend” is set to close the book on Elena and Lila’s journey. The Italian- and Neapolitan-language television series has been renewed for a fourth and final season by co-producers HBO and RAI.Based on the acclaimed “Neapolitan Novels” four-book series by Italian writer Elena Ferrante, “My Brilliant Friend” follows the coming-of-age of two best friends, Elena Greco and Lila Cerullo, who grow up in a poor Naples neighborhood in the 1950s.

My Brilliant Friend is coming to an end at HBO. But not quite yet.

Many of us have been given nicknames from our family members in our childhood that just sticks into our adult years.